A photon-driven micromotor can direct nerve fibre growth

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-67

  Wu, Tao ^a   Nieminen, Timo A ^b   Mohanty, Samarendra ^a,e   Miotke, Jill ^c   Meyer, Ronald L ^c   Rubinsztein Dunlop, Halina ^b   Berns, Michael W ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84355166405     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.287     Document Type: Article

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